Strainer.



Hugo W.FORSS1IAN,OF new YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908. 1

Application filed March 16, 1908. Serial No. 421,548.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, HUoo W. Fonssnax, a subject of the King of Sweden, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invent-ion relates to strainers, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class designed particularly for use in straining the juice of lemons, oranges and similar fruits; a further object being to provide an improved strainer for thev pu )ose s ecificd by'means of which the seeds of t 1e fruit and all the fleshy substances may be removed or separated from the juice at a single operation; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accom panying-drawing forms a part, inwhich the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view showing my imroved strainer formed independently of a juice extractor or lemon squeezer, Fig. 2 a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the evice in section, and ;l ig. 3 a sectional side view showing my improvement applied to a lemon sqneezer or juice extractor.

In the practice of my invention as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I provide a strainer composed of a plurality of se arate detachable and telesco )ic members a, and c all of which are preferably cup-sha ed in form and open at the top and provider with perforated bottoms as shown at (1,, b and a", forming screens.

The separate parts or members of the strainer may be connected by friction if desired, or they maybe connected byordinary bayonet joints as shown at (l, or they may be connected if desired by screw threads.

The screen a in the bottom of the to part or member a of the strainer is of much arger mesh than the screen I) in the bottom of the intermediate part or member b, and the screen in the bottom of the intermediate part or member I) is of larger mesh than the screen in the bottom of the bottom part or member -0. With this construction all the larger fleshy substances and seeds will be caught in the to) part or member a of the strainer, while t 1e smaller Ileshy and other substances will be caughtin the in termcdiate or second member of the strainer, while the still smaller fleshy and other substances, if any, will be caught in the bottom part or member 0 and the juice will escape from the bottom part or member 0 in a condition free from all seeds, fleshy and other substances, and a single operation will be sullicient to prepare the juice for use.

It is customary, in practice, to pass the juice of lemons, oranges, and similar fruits through a number of separate strainers of different mesh in order to free the juice of seeds, fleshy and other substances, but with my im )IOVGlllBllt this result may be accom- -phsher at a single operation, and the separate parts or members of the strainer may be disconnected and thoroughly cleaned whenever desired.

Although I have shown and described the separate parts or members of my improved strainer as on -shaped in form or larger at the to than tl that t ris is not absolutely necessary, and although I have shown the screens in the bottom of the separate parts or members as composed of perforated material, it will be apparent that the same may be com osed of wire gauze, the mesh of which may e regulated as desired.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, I have shown an ordinary lemon squeezer or juice extractor composed of two cup-shaped jaw members 6 andfhinged together at one side as shown at g and provided at the opposite side with handles eand f. The bottom member f is perforated as shown at f in order to permit of the estape of the juice from between the members e and f in the usual manner, and the bottom member fis also provided with a flange or rim withwhich, in practice, the to part or mem er a of the strainer is connector and this connection may be made in a manner similar to that of connecting the separate parts or members of the strainer itself, either telescopically and by friction, or by a bayonet joint or by screw threads. With this form of construction the juice may be extracted from a lemon, orange or other fruit in the usual manner by placing the fruit between the parts e and f and compressing the same by means of the handles'e and f,- and e bottom, it will be apparent on... a WM-M.-

the juice will flow downwardly into and through the se )arateparts orinembers of the strainer, and the seeds, fleshy and other substances will be separated therefrom, the entire operation of extracting the juice and straining the same being performed at a single operation, and the strainer may be detached from the juice extractor and the separate vparts or members may be disconnected and cleaned whenever desired.

Having fully described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A lemon juice extractor and strainer, comprising two separate cup-sh aped jaws pivoted together at one side and provided at the opposite side with handles, the bottom jaw being also perforated and provided with a depenring flange or rim, and a strainer composed of separate cup-shaped members detachably connected, the topmemberbeing detachably connected with said flange or rim,

and all of said cup-shaped members being provided in the bottomthereof with screens of different mesh.

2. A lemon juice extractor and strainer, comprising two cupshaped jaws pivoted together at one side and provided at the opposite side with handles, and a strainer detachably connected with the bottom jaw, said strainer being composed of separate eupshaped members detachably secured to the bottom jaw of the juice extractor and all of said cup-sha )ed members. being provided in the bottom t ercof with a screen, said screens being of different mesh.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 14th day of March 1908.

HUGO W. FORSSMAN. -Witnesses:

M. E. Down, 0. E. MULREANL- pwany 

